Search
-
51Images
Ma‘sumah Sufi Siyavush's house
Aqa Karim Sufi built this house for his son, Aqa Husayn Sufi Salihi, in the mid-19th or early 20th century. Ma‘sumah Khanum, the daughter of Safura Khanum and Aqa Husayn, inherited the house. She married Ahmad ‘Ali Sufi Siyavush and they had ten children. Safura Khanum (granddaughter of the above Safura Khanum) currently lives in this house.
-
59Images
Mir Sayyid ‘Ali Jinab's house
Muhammad Husayn Mirza, the father of Saltanat Khanum (the wife of Mir Sayyid 'Ali Jinab, known as Shazdah Jan), built this complex of connected yards and residential buildings about two hundred years ago in a neighborhood in Isfahan. One of the alleys still carries Mir Sayyid 'Ali Jinab's name. However, all of the buildings and yards have since been divided into modern residences and sold. As of the date of this documentation (2015), Mir Sayyed Ali Jenab (the owner of this collection and the grandson of Saltanat Khanum and Mir Sayyid 'Ali Jinab) continues to live in one of the residences,...
-
1Images
Plan of Bayan al-Mamalik's house
Plan of Bayan al-Mamalik's house. Created by his grandson Bahman Bayani.
-
50Images
Rasuliyan house
One of the houses of the late Qajar period (early 20th c.), located in the Sahl ibn ‘Ali neighborhood in Yazd. The house belonged to Haj Mirza Kazim Rasuliyan and its architect: Ustad Hasan Muhammad Rahim. Both Andaruni and Biruni consist of several interconnected courtyards.
-
3Images
Shaykh al-Islam house
Three photographs of the Shaykh al-Islam House in Qazvin: the Biruni, taken from the street; the Divan-khanah, taken from the yard; and the Andaruni, taken from the yard
-
6Images
Shaykh al-Islam's house
Three photographs and three drawings of the Shaykh al-Islam House in Qazvin. The three photos--of the Biruni taken from the street, the Divan-khanah taken from the yard, and the Andaruni taken from the yard--were digitized from prints made of old negatives. Jaleh Jalili drew the house plan, based on sketches provided by Bahram Sheikholeslami, on the basis of his childhood memories of growing up in this complex. The three drawings represent the plans of three levels of the Shaykh al-Islam complex. Built in Qazvin in the Qajar era, the complex was meant to serve as the living space for the...
-
Images
Simin Qahramani's memories
Simin Qahramani shares her memories about the architecture of her family's old residential house.
-
81Images
Sudagar house
A house from the Qajar period, located in Evaz, Fars province, which belonged to Sayyid Muhammad Ra’is Sudagar. In 2012 or 2013, after renovation, it became the Evaz Museum of Ethnology. Sharif Bazargani, the head of this museum, is the nephew of Laqa Sudagar's husband. She is the daughter of Sayyid Muhammad Ra’is Sudagar. Photographs include: exterior view of the entrance, interior view of the entrance hall, courtyard views, urusi (panjdari), sih dari, safeh (shah-nishin), other rooms and hallways, hawz khanah [room with a small pool] and bath.
-
2Images
The plan of the Lariha house
One of the houses from the Qajar period, located in Fahadan neighborhood in Yazd, belonged to Haj Muhammad Ibrahim Lari, and was built in 1863 or 1864. According to the date on one of the painted decorations in the interior, the building of this house was completed in 1869 or 1870. This building originally consisted of six houses, but only the main outer building has survived. The two drawings represent the plans of the two levels of Lariha’s house.
-
47Images
Varjavand's house
An old house belonging to the Varjavand family in the Khalaf Khan‘ali neighborhood of Yazd, including a plan and photographs of different sections of the house.
Filter
- D Reset
Genres
Subjects
Collections
- DOld Houses
People
- ‘Amid al-Din Mirza Qahramani Qajar(1)
- ‘Ali Quli Bayani(1)
- ‘Abd al-‘Ali Khan Sufi Siyavush(1)
- ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma(1)
- ʻAliyah Khanum (wife of Kiyumars Mirza)(1)
- Zarbanu Ardashir Kadkhuda(1)
- Yusuf Khan Bayan al-Mamalik(1)
- Umm Hani Khanum(1)
- Shukuh Sadat Muqimi(1)
- Sharif Bazargani(1)
- Sayyid Muhammad Ra’is Sudagar(1)
- Parviz Varjavand(1)
- Nusrat Allah Khan Sufi Siyavush(1)
- Muhtaram Ashrafi(1)
- Muhammad Husayn Mirza (father of Saltanat Khanum)(1)
- Mir Sayyid ‘Ali Jinab(1)
- Mir Sayyed Ali Jenab(1)
- Mihrbanu Isfandiyar Bahman Kadkhuda(1)
- Laqa Sudagar(1)
- Khavar Bihruzi(1)
- more
- ‘Amid al-Din Mirza Qahramani Qajar(1)
- ‘Ali Quli Bayani(1)
- ‘Abd al-‘Ali Khan Sufi Siyavush(1)
- ‘Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma(1)
- ʻAliyah Khanum (wife of Kiyumars Mirza)(1)
- Zarbanu Ardashir Kadkhuda(1)
- Yusuf Khan Bayan al-Mamalik(1)
- Umm Hani Khanum(1)
- Shukuh Sadat Muqimi(1)
- Sharif Bazargani(1)
- Sayyid Muhammad Ra’is Sudagar(1)
- Parviz Varjavand(1)
- Nusrat Allah Khan Sufi Siyavush(1)
- Muhtaram Ashrafi(1)
- Muhammad Husayn Mirza (father of Saltanat Khanum)(1)
- Mir Sayyid ‘Ali Jinab(1)
- Mir Sayyed Ali Jenab(1)
- Mihrbanu Isfandiyar Bahman Kadkhuda(1)
- Laqa Sudagar(1)
- Khavar Bihruzi(1)
- Kaykhusraw Khudadad Bahman Rustam Kadkhuda (1)
- Haji Sayyid Razi Rashti(1)
- Haj Fakhr al-Mulk Ardalan(1)
- Hafez Farmayan(1)
- Fatimah Sultan Anis al-Dawlah(1)
- Fatimah Khanum ʻIzzat al-Dawlah (daughter of Muzaffar al-Din Shah)(1)
- Bahram Sheikholeslami(1)
- Bahman Bayani(1)
- Afsaneh Najmabadi(1)